агония

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian аго́ния (agónija) and Polish agonia, in turn from Ancient Greek ἀγωνία (agōnía, emulation, competition, struggle).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐˈɡɔnijɐ]
  • (file)

Noun

аго́ния • (agónija) f

  1. agony, death pangs

Declension

References

  • агония”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • агония”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “аго̀ния”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 4
  • агония”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 18

Russian

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀγωνία (agōnía, emulation, competition, struggle).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐˈɡonʲɪjə]
  • (file)

Noun

аго́ния • (agónija) f inan (genitive аго́нии, nominative plural аго́нии, genitive plural аго́ний)

  1. agony, death pangs

Declension

Descendants

  • Georgian: აგონია (agonia)
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